pistou

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noun

A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounpistou (usually uncountable, plural pistous)

plural pistous

  1. uncountableusuallyA Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
    1 more example

    On a November morning, the other side of the 12-foot-long cooking area featured metal organizers filled with endive, bread crumbs, almond butter, mushrooms, shallots, chorizo, chives, purée of purple potatoes, parsley pistou, chestnuts, dried tomatoes and other items that allow the chef to riff at high speed.

    2007 January 28, Christine Muhlke, “Bistronomy”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Frenchpistou
  2. Frenchpistou
  3. Englishpistou

Borrowed from French pistou.

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APA

pistou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistou

MLA

“pistou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pistou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistou.

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